Willson Answers Trigg County Officials on Troop Use
Governor Willson replies to Trigg County officials pledging peace and order through state protection. He condemns inaction by local officers while praising federal troops and warns withdrawal would endanger life and property amid night rider violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Ennis and Co. R. Litzinger
John M. Duffy
Boldenweck
Fitzgerald
Detective Young
Mr. Young
Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Willsons
Trigg County
Princeton
Dodd
Judge Cook
Kentucky Governor Denounces Lawless Night Riders
Governor Gustus E. Willson rejects militia withdrawal and urges steadfast enforcement of the law in Kentucky counties plagued by night riders, arson, and intimidation. He condemns criminal violence, supports civil authorities, and pledges state backing until order is restored and all culprits are prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Russell
Fitzgerald
Washington
Thomas I. Porter
United States Secret Service
Chicago
Edward R. Litginger
Chetlain
Cerulean
S. C
Trigg
Planters’ Protective Association
Dark Tobacco
Princeton
Hopkinsville
Russellville
Dycnsburg
Eddyville
Birmingham
Illinois Central Railroad
Commonwealth
Kentucky
Gustas E. Willson
Arien
Franklin MacVeagh Joins Taft's Forces
Franklin MacVeagh a Chicago grocer and civic leader switches from Democratic ties to Republican support for Taft in the 1908 campaign. He credits progress with Taft and Roosevelt, rejects Bryan as unstable, and asserts the Republican party as the path to political and economic progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Macveagh
Taft
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Grover Cleveland
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
White House
MacVeagh
Democrats
Illinois
Record-Herald
Dublin
N. H
Chicago Record-Herald
Democratic Party
Civic Federation
Senate
National Civic Federation
Chicago Bureau of Charities
Municipal Art League
University of Chicago
Congress values militia rifle practice in national defense
The article discusses the United States organized militia and National Guard, contrasting arms and funding with the navy and marine corps. It notes current equipment, manpower, and proposed reforms, including calls to prioritize organized militia in mobilization, and cites Militia Board recommendations amid evolving peacetime defense plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Rifle Association
National Defense
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
National Guard
National Militia Board
Peee
Regular Army
Frederic J. Haskin
American Bar Association
One Step Farther Toward Socialism in Outlines
Governor Magoon cites a Roosevelt suggested test to draft a law risking Cuba's telephone system. The measure would shift control to the Havana Telephone Company, with lines reverting to the Cuban Government in 1910. Magoon heads to Oyster Bay to brief President Roosevelt on the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Magoon
Havana
Mrs. Taft
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
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Kinder
Young
John E. Wilkie
Shaw
Treasury
Fitzgeraldd
Litzinger
Willson
G. B. Bingham
W. C. Broadbent
Cadiz
Hanna
C. H. Fort
F.G. Ewing
Man. Adams
Tenn
Glenraven
The
Planters
C. M. Hanna
GB. Bingham
State Guard
Soldiers For Protection
Lyon
Caldwell
Calloway
Christian
Veagh
Volunteer Citizens’ Association
Independent Party
Bim
Hitchcock
Pittsfield
Mass
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
W. Murray Crane
Berkshire Hills
New England
Crane
Dalton
Boston
Charles J. Bonaparte
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Charles F. Booker
Ansonia, Conn
National Committee
Dorando
N. Y
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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